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Charles H. Hopkins

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Charles H. Hopkins
BornApril 22, 1899
DiedJune 22, 1948 (age 49)
CategoriesBooks by Charles H. Hopkins

Charles H. Hopkins (1899-1948) was a printer, philanthropist and amateur performer from Philadelphia.[1]

Biography

A member of The Mystic Circle, The Yogi Club, and I.B.M. Ring 6, he served as the president of S.A.M. Assembly 4 for two terms from 1935 to 1936.[2]

Hopkins died suddenly of a heart attack just a few days after trying to help George Wagner who also died of a heart attack at a S.A.M. convention.

Honors

  • The S.A.M. Assembly 4 established the "Charles H. Hopkins Award", which was the highest honor that can be bestowed on one of its members. (It is now the "Dick & Joan Gustafson" award.)

Books

as author:

as printer:

References

  1. My Best by Thompson, Jr., J.G. (1945)
  2. M-U-M, JUNE 2010, page 12